Combined holder, indicating, and advertising means



C. M. FEIST. COMBINED HOLDER, INDICATING, AND ADVERTISING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.6, I921.

Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

H I SANITARY DAIRY [a Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

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CHARLES M. FEIS'I', OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

COMBINED HOLDER, INDICATING, AND ADVERTISING MEANS.

Application filed December 6, 1921. Serial No. 520,434.

- I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns M. FEIST, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa,have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Holder,Indieating, andAdverti'sing Means, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a combined bot-. tle holder, indicator andadvertisin means, and has been particularly devised or holdin milkbottles or analogous enclosures.

The primary object of the invention 1s to I provide a holder havingfrictional means to engage different parts of the upper extremity of amilk bottle or other enclosure, such as a cam-and todispose, adjacent tothe point of engagement of the holder with the bottle or analogousenclosure a holder having means for positively retaining and suspendingthe bottle, can or enclosure in an elevated position and within easyreaching d1stance.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation partially in section of the improvedcombined holder, indicator and advertising device, showing a milkbottleapplied thereto and the upper neck rim illustrated in section;

Fig. 2s a transverse section on the line 2--2, Fig. 1, of the improvedcombined holder, indicator and advertising means, showing a portion of amilk bottle in position therein in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of theimproved holder with theadvertising and part of the indicating means removed therefrom.

The numeral 5 designates the body of the holder which has a closed top 6and opposite closed sides 7 with their inner ends bent 20 appliedthereto.

inwardly and upwardly to form retaining flanges 8 and to provide an openbottom 9. The front endof the body is fully open as at 10, see Fig. 2,and the material of which the body is formed is continued and rebent atthe rear, as at 11, to provide an upstandlng clip 12 comprising anintermediate tongue 13 and opposite side guards 14. The

rear end of the body is also formed with outstanding rightangular ears15 with openings 16 therein to serve as means for attaching the improvedholder at any suitable elevation on a door frame or other supportingmeans adjacent to a door and on the outside of the latter, or at anypoint within a room or other enclosure where it may be desired to applythe improved device. On the face of the tongue 13 a plurality of indexhands,

17 are secured by a single pivot device 18, which may consist of a rivetsuitably headed over at opposite ends relatively to the index hands andthe rear side of the tongue, as

shown by Fig. 2. The closed top 6 of the body is dished or concaved, asat 19, to form a tray or receptacle for holding coins or tickets, thetray also serving as a part of the retaining means for the bottle, can,or other device, when inserted in the holder in a.

manner'which will be presently explained.

In additionto the foregoing features, the improved device also includesan advertising card or medium 20 which is removably inserted between thetongue 13 and the side guards 14:, which'rise above the top 6 of thebody 5. The card is removably inserted between the tongue and guards andmaybe of any suitable dimensions andalso may have as a heading a dairyname and below advertising matter relating to various lines of businessthat may interest a housekeeper. In addition to the advertisingmatter,-the card or medium 20 also has a part of the indicatin meansthereon in the form of the kind-0% cream and quantity of milk, as at 21and 22, these indicating features being so' spaced on the card as to befully exposed on opposite sides of the tongue for cooperation therewithof the index hands 17.

' In applying the improved device, it is secured through the medium ofthe ears 15 at the desired elevation and either outside of a building orwithin a room and the card For use with milk bottles, the holder mayhavean empty bottle inserted therein, to be replaced by a full bottle asunde s ood in he p esent practice Q I 4 1,436,583 A of exchangingbottles,-and the index hand may be .set to indicate the quantity of milkand the kind of cream that may be desired to be served. The dispenser ofthe milk and cream will readily perceive the service desired and replacethe empty bottle with a filled bottle in accordance with the indicationsof the index hand with reference to sheet metal of the matter'appearingon the card. In this connection it should be understood that the body 5of the holder may be made'as long or as short as desired, and in someinstances adapted to hold more than one bottle, the dimensions beingsimply a matter of choice and not in the least affecting-the characterof the invention. Whenthe bottle or other device is inserted in the body5, the flanges 8 frictionally bind against opposite portionsof the upperextremlty of the bottle, can, or other device, and in case of a bottle,the

tray 19 will also set up a frictional binding action on the mouth or theupper inlet end thereof, and thereby retain the bottle with positivefirmness within the body of the holder. To accomplish this frictionalengagement, it will be understood that the holder body 5 together withthe remaining parts thereof will be'preferably formed of suitablethickness and having a certain amount of inherent resiliency.

The improved device may be very cheaply manufactured'andwill be foundexceptionally convenient in its service.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class'specified, comprising a body closed at the top,sides and I back and open at the front end and bottom,

the sides being continued inwardly and upwardly at eonver 'ng anglestowards the closed top of the ody to provide resilient holding flanges,"the back of the body being rebent and extended upwardly and providedwith means for holding an indicia-bearing card, and index devicesmovably .attached to the said back for cooperation with the indiciaborne by said card.

2. A device of theclass specified, comprising a bodyclosed at the top,sides an back and open at the front end and bottom portion thereof, thesides of the body being continued inwardly and upwardly at part of thebody, the back of the body being extended upwardly above the top andformed'with holding means, and an adver tising card removably held inupright position in thesaid holding means.

4. A device of the class specified, comprising a body having a closedtop and depending sides and an open front end and. bottom, the sides ofthe body being provided with lnwardly and upwardly converging resilientflanges to engage the container, the back of the body being continuedabove the closed top of the latter and formed with an intermediatespring tongue and opposite side guards, and an advertising cardremovably nserted between the said tongue and side guards.

5. A holder for bottles or other containers, comprising a body having arear upstanding support provided with movable index devlces applied atthe center thereof, and an advertising card removably mounted in thesupport and having matter designating the kind and quantity of thebottleor other container to be applied to the holder, the

said designating matter being disposed on opposite sides of the point ofapplication of the index devices and the latter movable to variouspositions relatively. to the designating matter and also vertically.

6. holder for removably receiv1ng a bottle or other container,comprlsing a body having a rear upstanding support carrying indexdevices adjustable to project towards and beyond opposite sides of thesupport and also vertically relatively to the latter, and a designatingmedium removably mounted in the. support and in part provided withmatter relating to the kind and quantity of the contents of the bottleor'other container inserted in the holder, said matter being disposed atopposite sides of the support for cooperation with the index devices.

7. A device of the class specified, comprising a'body adapted to besecured 1n elevated position and having an open bottom front wardlytoform resilient retaining flanges extending longitudinally-of the bodyand the top being depressed to form a tray and an auxiliary holdingmeans, the rear portion ofend and-closed sides, top and rear end, the (1sides being contmued inwardly and up-I the. body having upstandingsupporting means for an indicating means, and index devices carried bysaid upstanding support-- ing means for cooperation'with said indicatingmeans. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence oftwo'subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses A. MILLER, E- E N R CHARLES M. FEIST.

